A rare kind of blue bear can be found chiefly in the national park that shares their name.

A museum devoted entirely to hammers has more than 1,400 items on display dating back to the Romans.

A monument commemorating the role of Alaska's native Tlingit guides in the Klondike Gold Rush.

A tiny wilderness cemetery commemorates the deadliest episode of the Klondike Gold Rush.

Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.

The facade of this relic from the Klondike gold rush is decorated with over 8,800 pieces of driftwood.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

French prisoners carved these boats from the bones of their meat rations.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Seven ceramic sculptures are scattered around this California college campus.

Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.

A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

This stately structure has been abandoned for half a century.

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

The ruins of this Alaska gold mine form a gorgeous ghost town.

Known as the “Official Greeter of Juneau,” this dog still welcomes ships and their passengers to Alaska.

On top of a sheet metal business in Juneau stand nearly a dozen charming Wizard of Oz statues.

Often mistaken for an office building, inside this venue is an amazing collection of Native Alaskan art.

This shrine to the patron saint of Alaska sits on a small tidal island and was built from the land’s own beach stones.

One toy collector's legacy of hundreds of unique items includes the most diverse display of northern indigenous dolls.

Impressive artifacts from Juneau's gold mining days fill this mining site-turned-museum.